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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 88, No. 245 

Friday, December 22, 2023 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding; whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by January 22, 2024 

will be considered. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: How Have SNAP State Agencies 

Shifted Operations in the Aftermath of 

COVID–19? Study. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: As the 

cornerstone of the nation’s nutrition 

safety net, the Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP) provides 

monthly benefits to households with 

low incomes to reduce food insecurity 

and improve health and well-being. The 

COVID–19 pandemic and its economic 

fallout created extraordinary challenges 

for SNAP and the broader safety net as 

whole. To keep processing applications 

and issuing benefits, SNAP agencies had 

to pivot sharply to adapt their core 

operations and deliver services 

primarily or entirely virtually. Drawing 

on both new and existing waivers and 

policy options in this uncharted 

environment required a host of 

complicated decisions and choices on 

the part of State SNAP agencies. The 

study titled ‘‘How Have SNAP State 

Agencies Shifted Operations in the 

Aftermath of COVID–19? (SNAP COVID 

study)’’ will provide the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food 

and Nutrition Service (FNS) with a 

comprehensive picture of how State 

SNAP agencies responded to the 

pandemic, including their decisionmaking processes, experiences with 

program changes in the short and long 

terms, and how these experiences have 

prepared States for major disruptions in 

the future. 

The SNAP COVID study will provide 

information about State SNAP agencies’ 

experiences with the wide range and 

mix of operational changes made in 

response to the evolving pandemic. This 

gives FNS and State SNAP agencies an 

important opportunity to assess what 

did and did not work and why; to 

describe the decision-making processes 

that led to States’ responses to date and 

their plans for the period after the 

public health emergency; to identify 

changes that are here to stay for the 

foreseeable future; and to consider the 

lessons learned to inform continued 

program improvement and increase 

preparedness for any future disruptions 

that affect service delivery. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

SNAP COVID study will provide 

information about State SNAP agencies’ 

experiences with the wide range and 

mix of operational changes made in 

response to the evolving pandemic. This 

gives FNS and State SNAP agencies an 

important opportunity to assess what 

did and did not work and why; to 

describe the decision-making processes 

that led to States’ responses to date and 

their plans for the period after the 

public health emergency; to identify 

changes that are here to stay for the 

foreseeable future; and to consider the 

lessons learned to inform continued 

program improvement and increase 

preparedness for any future disruptions 

that affect service delivery. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local and Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 288. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Once. 

Total Burden Hours: 389. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28171 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

U.S. Codex Office 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Fats and Oils 

AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Codex Office is 

sponsoring a public meeting on January 

23, 2024. The objective of the public 

meeting is to provide information and 

receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft U.S. positions to be 

discussed at the 28th Session of the 

Codex Committee on Fats and Oils 

(CCFO28) of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (CAC). CCFO28 will be 

held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 

February 19–23, 2024. The U.S. 

Manager for Codex Alimentarius and 

the Under Secretary for Trade and 

Foreign Agricultural Affairs recognize 

the importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 28th 

Session of the CCFO and to address 

items on the agenda. 


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